Convicted rapist and paedophile Christian Brueckner, 48, was named by German authorities as the person responsible for Madeleine's 2007 disappearance from Portugal six years ago.
Brueckner , who was revealed as a suspect in the Maddie case in 2020 but never charged, was released from prison in Germany in September after serving a sentence on separate rape charges.
Christian Brueckner, the freed suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has attempted to confront the German prosecutor who accused him of killing the British girl.
Brueckner was released after serving six years of a seven-year sentence at Sehnde prison for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman at her home in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2005.
Christian Brueckner , 48, had been serving a seven-year term at Sehnde prison for an unrelated offence before being released at 9:15am local time this morning.
Brueckner will be freed on Wednesday after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz two years before Madeleine vanished.
Christian Brueckner , 49, is due to be freed from a German prison as early as Monday after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape and assault of an American pensioner in Portugal in 2005.